Welcome to After The Fact, a knowing faith many episode where we look to take a big question

and address it in just a few minutes.

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Joining us today is Dr. Bill Cook.

Dr. Cook is professor of New Testament interpretation at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

He's the author of several books, including Spiritual Warfare and the Storyline of Scripture,

A Biblical, Theological and Practical Approach, and the recently released Jesus' final

week from Triumple Entry to Empty Tune, which is through B&H Academic.

Dr. Cook, welcome to After The Fact.

Here is our big question for today.

Why is it crucial to understand the events of Jesus' final week?

Thank you Kyle, that's a great question.

And most people don't realize the fact, or maybe they haven't thought about it much,

that this is the most important week in human history.

And while we often focus on the Triumple Entry, Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday, we

fail to take into account that the Gospels give about 40% of their space, maybe a little

bit more in some and slightly less in others, to that final week.

And we relegate ourselves to Triumple Entry, Good Friday, Resurrection Sunday, while the

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